Photovoltaic Current Response of Mesoscopic Conductors to Quantized Cavity Modes

dc.creatorVavilov, M. G.
dc.creatorStone, A. D.
dc.date2006-10-13
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dc.descriptionWe extend the analysis of the effects of electromagnetic (EM) fields on mesoscopic conductors to include the effects of field quantization, motivated by recent experiments on circuit QED. We show that in general there is a photovoltaic (PV) current induced by quantized cavity modes at zero bias across the conductor. This current depends on the average photon occupation number and vanishes identically when it is equal to the average number of thermal electron-hole pairs. We analyze in detail the case of a chaotic quantum dot at temperature T_e in contact with a thermal EM field at temperature T_f, calculating the RMS size of the PV current as a function of the temperature difference, finding an effect ~pA.
dc.description4 pages, 2 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0610384
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0610384
dc.identifierPhys. Rev. Lett. 97, 216801 (2006)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.216801
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/117400
dc.subjectMesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
dc.titlePhotovoltaic Current Response of Mesoscopic Conductors to Quantized Cavity Modes
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